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Connecticut western news., 1887-05-04
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A bill which the fifticth Congress is to be asked to consider and pass will be one In which the soldier element will have peculiar interest. lis main feat. ures have already been agreed upon by body of Tennesseans having it in charge. In brief it will provide for the purchase by Congress of the battle fields of Lookout Mountain, Moccasin Bend. Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge, all tf which are comparatively near togeth, CT, fer the purpose of establishing na- tional park. So far as possible the out. lines of the battltti dds will be preserved and, provided suitable appropriations , are made, monuments will be erected 10 the memory of the fallen on both sides and statues of the leading generals placed in position. In support of the measure it will be urged that the Yel- lowstone, the only national park owned by the government, is practically inac- cessible to the masses of the people and that the proposed reservation would be within easy reach. It would also, the memorial says, ''surpass the Yellow stone in beauty, if not in grandeur, and would serve as perpetual and appro- priatc memcnto of the great conflict oi tie Rebellion, appreciated by the north ern and southern people alike, truly na- tional in character"
Connecticut western news., 1887-05-04
Too Rocky for Him.

The town of Unity is picturesque tract of hill country in Western New Hampshire. A good old clergyman,
 living in an adjoining town, was one day called upon by a rural couple who wished to be married. The proper ceremony was duly performed, and then the min ister gave them some fathcrly exhor- tation and advice about their new course. "Now that your lives are prom ised to each other truly and unse!fishly," said he, 'I hope nothing will disturb them, but that you will always live hap oily in unity" "Wal, I do' know about that, parson," objected the young man doubtfully. "Wcrc married, as you say, and hope, we'll git along all right but as for hvin' in Unity, never will for it's the rockiest place ever sec in all my born days!'-You:h's Compan-
Connecticut western news., 1887-05-04
The Color of the Eyes.

: Hazel-eyed people are rar> lJ shallow, and you must be prepared for surprises when you have to deal with them.
 Blue eyes take care of their friends, brown of their enemies, gray of their countries, black of their pleasures, and green of themselves.
 The violet eye is woman's eye, of which the main characteristics are affec- tion and purity, chivalric belief, aud limited or deficient intellectually.
 Speaking por.larly, it may be said that eyes ar, brown, blue, gray, hazel, green, or of no color at all. The last three varieties however, are based on misnomer.
 The light blue eye is the eye of the northern raccs-of the Swedes and the Danes, of the Scotch sometimes also It suggests corstancy and truth, stead- fastness, simplicity, courage, purpose. It is mans eye, with it's moderation and self-respect-honcst in the glance it gives you, II dL tuC SttulC llluC COlV dut phlegmatic.
 Buc-gray eyes, radiatcd from within with brown and bronze streaks, arc chiefly found among the mixed races, and especially the English and tho Americans. They always suggest { good deal Of strength of character, gen orally sense of mischief and trickiness and sometimes that humorous cruelty which belongs to tho Anglo-saxon race The blue is certainly the type witl the greatest number of varieties. It is color that illustrates eminentl, the feminine qualities-tenderncss, af lection, yielding to the wishes O others, a sympathy with small sufferings that measure of vanity without which n woman can be entirely attractive, ant that self-surrender which goes far t persuade man that he is a dem;-got because his wife believes it and tells hin
Connecticut western news., 1887-05-04

Wood oil is made on large scale in Sweden from tho refuse of timber cut tings and forest clearings, and from stumps and roots; and, although it can- not we'll be lurncj in common lamps on account of the heavy proportion of car bon it contains, it furnishes satisfac- tory light in lamps especially made for tt, and in its natural state is said to be the cheapest Of Illuminating oils. Thirty factories produce about forty thousand itcrs of the oil daily; turpentine, creo- ,ote, acctic acid, coal tar oils, and other the same materials.
Connecticut western news., 1887-05-04
Provisions on m Ocean Steamer.

The amount of provisions, groceries, etc., on board an Atlantic steamer at the time of sailing is very large. For a single passage to tho westward, one of our most noted steamers, with 547 cabin passengers and crew of 2s7 persons had, when leaving Liverpool on August 2S last, the following quantities of pro- visions: 1e. $50 pounds fresh beef, 76O pounds corned beef, 5,320 pounds mutton, $50 pounds lamb, $50 pounds veal, $50 pounds pork. 2,0oo pounds fresh fish, 500 fowls, 300 chickens, 100 ducks, 50 geese, 80 turkeys, 200 brace grouse, 15 tons potatoes, 30 hampers vegetables, 22o quarts ice cream, 1,oOC quarts milk, and il, 800 eggs.
 In groceries alone there were over 200 different articles, including Qor the round voyage of g days) 65o pounds tea, 200 pounds coffee, 1,eoo pounds white sugar, 9, 800 pounds moist sugar, 75O pounds pulverized sugar, 1,5O( pounds cheese, 5000 pounds butter 8, 500 pounds ham, and 1000 pounds bacon, Boston Globe.
Connecticut western news., 1887-05-04
Saved from a Tigers Jaw.

Only few months ago, in India, in certain planting district there was notorious man eater. Two gentlemen, A and B, residing on an estate, had lost, besides other employees, two chowkc- bars, or native watchmen, within few days, and the unfortunate men had been actually carried off out of the veranda of the bungalow. A and B therefore de- termined. to clothe themselves liko natives, and sit during the night, armed, in the veranda, in the hopes they might be able to get shot at tho man eater, who, they thought, might probably re- turn to the spot which had already pro- vidcd him with two victims.
 They proceeded to carry out this in- tention, and sat up till about or A. M, but nothing appeared. A then said he should not stay up any longer. as he did not believe the animal would come {; but B announced his intention of wait ing half an hour longer by himself. There wcro large windows opening down to the floor of the vcranda, and through one of these A retired, and after entering his room, had just closed the window, and was gazing out for aa in. start, when he saw dark mass land in the veranda, right on to his friend, then heard sounds of soutflc, and cry for help. Seizing his rife, to which sword bayonet was attached, and flinging up the window, he rushed out in time to see B walking down the steps that led up to the veranda alongside of tho tiger with his hand in the latter's mouth.
 A was afraid to fire lest he should hit his friend, so, running after him, he, with admirable presence of mind, went up to the tiger, and plunging his bay onet into the animals body, at the same instant fired. There was a roar and a scufflc, and B took advantage of the moment to release his hand, and the tiger, after tumbling, died. B's hand was terribly maulcd. -[Court Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1887-05-04
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Everybody is wise after the event.
 Nothing is so fearful as Q bad con- science.
 He that has no character is not man he is only thing.
 The crutch of Time accomplishes more than the club of Hercules.
 Advice is like castor oil; easy enough to give, but hard enough to take.
 The path of genius is not less ob- structed with disappointment than that of ambition.
 No man breaches his sermon we'll to others if he does not first preach it to his own heart.
 The worst prison is not of stone. It is of throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.
 When one has no good reason for doing thing, he has ono good reason for letting it alone.
 Revenge is a debt, in tho paying of which the greatest knave is honest and sincere, and, 80 far as he is able, punc- tual.
 Of all the riches that we hug, of all the pleasures we enjoy, we can carry no more out of this world than out of a dream. ..
 Vicious habits are so odious and de- grading that they transform the individ = ual who practises them into an incarnate demon.
Connecticut western news., 1887-05-04
Where Lightning Strikes.

From statistics collected in parts of the German empire, G. Hellmann finds that the danger from lightning, though generally increasing, is diminishing in certain districts, the r.sk becoming less the more closely houses are clustered. The character of the soil has great in- Auence. Letting represent the dange' from lightning on calcareous ground, ? will give it upon marly, upon sandy, and g upon clayey soil. It is a curious fact, not yet explained, that oaks arc struck much more frequently than other trees; so that if the danger for beeches be i, that for pines is 15, and for oaks
Connecticut western news., 1887-05-04

A farmer named Orton, living near Byhalia, Miss, some time ago became the father of chitl which is naturally formed as far as the oly and lower limbs are concerned, but whose head re- semblcs that of rooster. On the top of the head, which Is narrow and runs up into peak, is diminutive comb of a fright rel color, anl the nose looks like the beak of g,ms cock. The eyes arc small and pro;ubcraut, but the vision is ;lcar and distinct. The child is not old sn0u,h to talk and his attempts to do so sound exactly like rooster's crow. Mr.. and Mrs. Orton have several children wAo are physically perfect and they are much distressed by the strange deformity of the child.
Connecticut western news., 1887-05-04
PeculiaritieS of Japan,

Dr. E lmund Naumann, for some years at the head of the geological survey of Japan, gives in addition to description of the physical features of that country, many entertaining sketches of the scen- cry and cop.e of the mountain regions, says the New York Post. In the north he says that the snow accumula.es in enormous masses. There are villages which frequently experience fall of over twenty feet of snow. Naturally, during winter nearly all outdoor life ceases. In one village which he visited the inhabitants, after their breakfast, go to the baths, which are fed by hot springs, and remain in them for ,h
 whole of the day. enjoying tho heat.
Connecticut western news., 1887-05-04
A Cow With a Wooden Leg.

A COW with wooden foreleg was ob- served quietly munching the new and deliciously sweet new Spring lawn grass in front of villa on West One Hundred and Sixteenth street, near Seventh avenue. The leg is encased in canvas, tightly strapped, and causes but slight limp. Other cattle are browsing in he1 company, and erhaps woader why she of the crumpled horn attracts all tue at tention of the veterinary surgeons tha have heard of the remarkable case. (New York Times
Connecticut western news., 1887-05-04
Spanish Generosity.

If you visit Spaniard, he will place his whole house at your disposal. If you admire anythingin particular, or every thing in general, it is yours. You are not expected to accept it, and if from ignorance or absence of mind you do so, you will find that presently he will send for it back again. Nothing is more certain than that in Spain friend will offer you everything he has, himself into the bargain; and it is equally certain that everything has to be graciously de. clined, himsef included. -lA Argosy.
Connecticut western news., 1887-05-04
Vampire Bats.

These South American pests have been characterized as merely the ''myth of imaginative travellers" but many pco- pie have borne witness to their blood sucking propensities. They settle beside ,their victims by night, and if sleeper has left even the tip of his nose uncov- cred, he must expect to lose consider able quantity of blood before morning. Children are especially liable to be at tackled, as they are apt to remove the covering from their hands and feet by their restless movements at night. Some times small children become so dcbilita- ted by loss of blood that they become sick, or even die. ~
 sstraveller in Ecuador not only was obliged to cover himself sby mosquito netting at night, as protection against these creatures, but also placed his dog under an inverted earthern pot to sleep. The fowls were put into a closed box for the night, and evidently had such an ac. curate idea of the danger they were in when unprotected, that they willingly entered their placo of shelter, and al- lowed the cover to be closed upon them.
 It is a curious fact that the bats bite is hardly felt, even when the person at tackled is awake. A resident of South America says that he was once talking with man who remarked that he could not understand how some people were always getting unaccountably bitten by bats. At the very moment when he made the statement, bat was sucking sone of his toes, unperccived by him in the dusk. As he moved, the creature futtcred away, aud the toe was found to be bleeding.
 The vampire is said to settle beside his victim, huttering his wings gently while sucking the blood. This action fans the wound so it is not felt. Whether fhis supposition be accurate or not, it is Sertain that the bat does not alight upon his prey, but besi le it on the pillow or ground, since those who sleep on the side are bitten upon the nose, and those who lie upon the back are wounded in the ears.-[ Youths Companion.
Connecticut western news., 1887-05-04
The Formation of Dew.

The prevalent story of the form ation of dew is quite disarrangcd by the ob- servation of Professor H. E. A!vord, who has lately published q treatise on the subject. He employed nice instruments, such as have been described by Sachs and Darwin. He found that on clear nights when the atmosphere was rarified, the lighter stratum would be easily pushed out of the way by the cool and heavier body drawn by its weight to the surface. The thermometer at four inches from the ground would in tEese cases range from to, 10 degrees lower than at four feet from the ground.
Connecticut western news., 1887-05-04

Dr. Evans. tho American dentist in Paris, made set of teeth for an English lady, the worries being chosen from the mouths of twenty Breton girls, who sub, misted to the extraction for pccuniary compensation. Shortly after the set was delivered the lady travelled to Mcntone, aud was aroused from her bed by the re- cent earthquake. She is now back in Paris with sunken-:n lips, having for gotten her teeth in the escape from the shaking Italian hotel A fresh lot of peasant girls with sound teeth arc now wanted
Connecticut western news., 1887-05-04

Judge Deadly, in the United States Circuit Court of Oregon, has rendered an important decision as to the scope aud range of tho Interstate Commerce Act. The case under consideration was that of the receiver of the Oregon and California Railroad Company, a road ly- ing wholly within the State of Oregon. He holds that "ihe Interstate C,m- p,erce Act does not include or apply to all carriers engaged in inter- State com mercc, but on'y such as use railway or railway and water craft under common control or management for continuous carriage or shipment of property from one State to another, nor does it apply 10 the carriage of property by rail wholly within the State, although shipped from CT destined to place without the State, so that such place is not in a foreign country
Connecticut western news., 1887-05-04
The MothOfliStS.

Figures printed in the Methodist Year Book show that on January 1, 1887, Methodism throughout the world num- bered 35,ooo travelling preachers and 6, sso, 900 members. In the United States there arc 2s, 900 travelling preach CTS and 4, ,ooo, 900 members, and a popu- lation of over 15, 900, o0o, or more than one-fourth of the population of the en- tire country-56. 900, 900. The Metho- dist Episcopal Church alone numbers in the United States 12, 800 travelling preachers and 2, o0o,o 900 members, hay. ing 90, 900 churches, worth SIT, 900, 900
 7,5oO parsonages, worth $11, 900, 900
 IA college and other school properties, worth, including endowments, $15, 900, 900, making total of $103. OOo, 900.
Connecticut western news., 1887-05-04

Taerc is no doubt of the value of cocaine, when appropriately and
 guardedly used by physicians and sur geons Dr. Hammond, of New York,
 lately read paper on the subj ct before the New York Neurological Society, Tn which he expressed doubts as to the existence of cocaine habit which could not bo readily controlled by the will. In the discussion which followed the reading of the paper, Dr. Mattison said he had within few months seven cases of tho habit under his care, five of whom were physicians. A physician, in attempting to write prescription, wrote for a sheriff to come and take the patient to jul. He had also himself noticed halluc!nations and delusions. H. thought the continued use of the drug moro injurious than that of morphine
 His patients had gradually acquired theil h. bits The president of the society referred to thirteen cases reported by German physician. In Pittsburgh, prominent physieitn. who had formed tie habit, became violent, and, uude the dc.usIon that he was b.ing attacked SlRk nnaglers hsvsn 1ksa1 rlght and left
Connecticut western news., 1887-05-04
Business is Busine SS,

In small town out West an ex. county Judge is cashier of the bank.
 "The check is all right sir, he said to stranger "but the evidence you offer in identifying you:s If as the person to whose order it is drawn is scarcely suffi- cient."
 "Pve known you to hang man on less evidence, Judge" was the stranger's response.
 Quite likely" replied the ex- Judge, "but when it comes to letting go of cold cash we have to be careful. ."-[ New York Sun
Connecticut western news., 1887-05-04
Somewhat Embarrassed.

Little G:rl--''How many hairs have you got on your headT
 Visitor-"I don't know, little girl, never counted them"
 'Mr. Jones knows how many you have got. I heard him say that you owed more debts than you had hairs on your head. Takc off ycus hat, and femme sec. c."--[ Siftiags
Connecticut western news., 1887-05-04
Hone Through the Year.

 All seasons tell of Eope throughout the year The airy, ,ovc-begetting spring that fills The earth with laughter of her early rills; The rose-bright summer, heaped with golden cheer, And voiced with woodland echoes, crystal clear; And autumn heaping sp,endor on tie hills; And gay, white winter, with his song tha. thrills With hearty life, cen while the woods are drear. Then ,t us initiate the year, and sing! Away with care! Eyes were not made to weep. Our hear;s must beat with natures, and must keep Hope warm in wntertide as we'll as spring. Come, let us make all times, all seasons ring With barmonies of hope, soul-stirred and deep. -[Ernest w. Shurtleff.
Connecticut western news., 1887-05-04
Dawn.

 Mist on mountain height Silvery creeping; icarnate beads of light B,ood-cradled s'e,ping, Dripped from tho brow of Night S .adows, and winds that rise Over the mountain, Stars in the spars that lies Cod in the fountain, Pale as the quickened skies Sleep on the moaning sea flushing his trouble; Re st on the cares that be, Hued in Life, bubble; Calm on the woes of me. Mist from the mountain height Hurrielly Heeting; Stars in the locks of Night Throbbing and beating, Thrilled in tho coming liglt Flocks on the musky strips, P,arii tho fountain, Winds from the forests lips Red on the mountain Dawn from the Orien; trips. MADISON J. CAwEIN in Current.
Connecticut western news., 1887-05-04

The Los Angeles, Cal, Tribune is call ing out to have tAe State of California divided. It may bA only coincidence, tut it is n suggestive one, that the Tribune at the same time regards Los Angeles as the ideal capital for a great Ssa.c
Connecticut western news., 1887-05-04

Cowardice and superstition are so closely allied that men hate to be called superstitious. But what shall be said of Inc Baltimore man who recently buried lis thirteenth wife and concluded not to marry againf
Connecticut western news., 1887-05-04
HUMOROUS.
The Horse Fair-Oats.

The Horse Fair-Oats.
 The main-sprng of time-March, April and May.
 Womau's sphere is tho home; mans sphere is the base bnll
 There arc 8, 1000 brass bands in this N country. That accounts for our terrible wind storms. When two fat people run against each W other it can properly be spoken of as / mass meeting.
 They tax bachelors in Switzerland, fof they think the married men are taxoY enough already. '
 England may bS ''mistrcss of the C's" \ but she has never yet beel able to fairly / master the HIS. "
 It is never too lato to mend; but a\ man can not expect to nave button scwcd on much after midnight
 A lawyer may not be at all fastidious in dressing, but no one likes to como out in "a new suit any better than he / does
 "Kind words can never dye" as the gray headed old fellow remarked when some ono spoke admiringly of his silver locks.
 The U. S. Fish, Commission has dis\ tributcd 90, OoQ0oo young shad during the paut year without "making any bones/ about it. / y, It is said of a great man, just dead. d that t'he began life barefooted boy" < We'wiu ventura to say that he began it barcheaded, too. Some scientisbs declare that the sun is blue. Until thsS forward us piece of the oro for ipSpoction we shall dis s credit their statement.\
 It sounds little inconsistent for her to call it 'duck of bonnet" and yet seem so terribly alarmed over the possibility of itsgctting wet.
 "Ah, Jones, where away so fast thisN morningp '1'm. off for the whaling grounds" He wss the district schcol- /, master on his way tp the school house.
 "That's a becfsteak joke" remlrkcd one of tho botrdeys at breakfast. \ "What kind of a joket that9" asked the man across the table. EToo tough to be / pleasant"
 Confused clerk Gin drug sstore to Miss Brown, who brides herself on the man. ncr in which she has retained her youth) Excuse nc, mum, but was it you that wanted this bottle of soothing syrup9
 Mamma-"You'r surely not afraid of gentle COW, Ethel. Why, shc gives you all the nice butter for lunch, you know" Ethel (dubiously) -"The but ter is just the Tt of her Pm afraid of, mamma"
 Customcr-"But, sir, this coat that you have made for me is too small. Can't you change i,2' C,othin -d"ac' -'No, sir. The only thing that you can do is to go to an anttfat cure and grow thinner" !"
 '.My husband is a very absent-mindcd man." said Mrs. Slowboy. 'Hc ry often takes on, thing for another" 'i know ic," said Mrs. Badman. Il saw him take hot toddy last night and | he said he took it for cold" | A New York school teacher explained to her pupils that the meaning of the word "vicissitu ic" was change, and called up ,n boy to give sentence in which the word was used. The urchin promptly respe ned: 'Me mother sent me to the grocery store tor the vicissi- tude of five dollar bill."
Connecticut western news., 1887-05-04

Fond mother with baby does look so like his father, doesn't hea MT. B.-Yes, but shouldn't mind that, as lonr as he is healthy.
Connecticut western news., 1887-05-04
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